NewsWrap Ep5 – By-elections, Tshwane, Free speech, Mashatile, Sasol, AI and more
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NewsWrap Ep5 – By-elections, Tshwane, Free speech, Mashatile, Sasol, AI and more

Top Stories Tamfitronics A bumper episode features a spread of news on the political economy and business, seeded with developments on AI and the free speech debate – plus a cameo with a windswept mayor of the best municipality in the Western Cape. This weekly show is  produced by the BizNews team, and hosted by editor Alec Hogg.Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Registerhere.Watch hereListen hereTranscript of the video ___STEADY_PAYWALL___In this episode of NewsWrap……..Why the voting results from 29 changes everything for South African politics; A spotlight on Shivambu and Mashatile; Sara Gon of the IRR...
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Prince Harry’s IGF shares exciting news as duke secretly visits UK
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Prince Harry’s IGF shares exciting news as duke secretly visits UK

Top Stories Tamfitronics Prince Harry's IGF shares new details as duke secretly visits UKPrince Harrys Invictus Games Foundation has shared exciting news as it detailed about the Para athletes who will be competing at Paris 2024 after the duke secretly visited UK.Sharing the photos on its official X, formerly Twitter handle, the IGF tweeted Learn about the Invictus Games competitors whove become Para athletes and will be competing at Paris2024Good luck to everyone from the Invictus community who is competing, attending or supporting the cause of adaptive sport at the Paralympics.The foundation further said on its official website that since the launch of the Invictus Games with London 2014, the International Paralympic Committee has held two editions of the summer Paralympic Games with Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and Invictus competitors have featured and medalled...
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Former 01.AI Core Member Joins ByteDance’s AI Team Amidst 01.AI’s Strategic Refocus
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Former 01.AI Core Member Joins ByteDance’s AI Team Amidst 01.AI’s Strategic Refocus

Top Stories Tamfitronics Earlier this week, media reports suggested that ByteDance is secretly preparing to establish a large-scale model research institute, with Qin Yujia, founder of Sequoia Tech, and Huang Wenhao, a former core member of 01.AI , joining ByteDance’s large model team. A person close to ByteDance revealed that ByteDance has long-term plans to strengthen large model related research, but has not decided to establish an independent institution. Furthermore, this person stated that Huang Wenhao is responsible for technology project management and planning, reporting to Zhu Wenjia, the head of ByteDance’s large model team.Today, in response to the news of core member Huang Wenhao joining ByteDance, 01.AI stated that the company structure has been adjusted recently to focus more on the company’s business. Top model training and product managers from both domestic and international...
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HUGE petrol, diesel price cut coming: Don’t fill up yet!
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HUGE petrol, diesel price cut coming: Don’t fill up yet!

Top Stories Tamfitronics The latest price projections for South Africa’s motorists for September 2024 shows that excellent news lies ahead for petrol and diesel vehicle owners.Both petrol and diesel are forecast to see massive decreases at the pumps next week.Below, the latest projections as received by The South African website from theCentral Energy Fund (CEF), effective Thursday, 29 August.FUELPRICE CHANGEPetrol 93decrease of 89 centsPetrol 95decrease of 97 centsDiesel 0.05%decrease of 79 centsDiesel 0.005%decrease of 105 centsIlluminating Paraffindecrease of 103 centsIf the market conditions were to remain consistent for the remainder of the month – an unlikely scenario with the rand/dollar exchange rate ever fluctuating and the oil price changing – a decrease of 89 cents is expected for petrol 93 octane motorists and a decrease of 97 cents for 95 users.Meanwhile, diesel motorists would...
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